Should I try and get training or should I just hire someone?

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ReenenLaurie

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Hi,

I'm at best a hobbiest programmer (and almost no web experience). I'd like to know if there is a place I can get training on how to develop rich data visualizations for HTML5 such as http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4063269 or www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/06/us/politics/convention-word-counts.html?_r=0 or http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/feb/12/state-of-the-union-reading-level etc. (though I want them more interactive)

For my current project I want bubbles, so that is why the focus was on that for the samples, but I have many other ideas.

I feel that for me to get to the level to execute this will take me probably a year or more, so I'm thinking of perhaps outsourcing it, but again, no idea of what the complexity is and what would be the development costs surrounding it.

Here is an example of what I want:

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1SbsU-ca13ZN9k1iTgO-LwvbiPdx9l0ZIP-ZMmRicJOc/edit?usp=sharing

Could anyone tell me where I could be taught how to do it (I'm in Cape Town), or whether you can do it, and how much approximately it will cost me?
 
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eternaloptimist

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viven said:
Most of the slick visualizations on the web are done by d3.js.

You can use this tool to get you started, though it will need some customization to get to your desired result.

http://app.raw.densitydesign.org/

Hope you come right.
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yep, only checked the last one. OP have a look at D3 https://github.com/d3/d3/wiki/gallery. What you want should/could be there already. Im sure it will be as easy as plugging in your data. You could also try Teamtreehouse, https://teamtreehouse.com/library/d3js
 
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